HOLDEN, John James
| Service Number: | 280496 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Wing Commander |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 16 March 1918 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia and Geelong Grammar School, Corio, Victoia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer, businessman and company director |
| Died: | 14 June 2005, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Located in the Charles Newman section, Tree 007A Position 001 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Aug 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, 280496, Royal Australian Air Force |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by William Holden
John James HOLDEN was the grandson of Henry James HOLDEN and son of Sir Edward W. HOLDEN both of Holden's Motor Body Builder's Ltd. which was to later become General Motors-Holden's Ltd.
In 1950, he joined General Motors-Holden's Ltd. as a Project Engineer. By 1955 he had become Works Manager and helped construct a new press shop at the GMH plant in Woodville and supervised the construction of a new GMH assembly plant at Elizabeth - both in South Australia.
Promoted to Plant and Equipment Engineer in Adelaide he was soon transferred to the GMH plant at Fishermans Bend in Victoria where he became Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer. By 1969 he was promoted to Manager of Assembly Plants and in 1970 he was promoted to Manager, South Australian Operations. In 1971 he became a Director of General Motors-Holden's Ltd. in Adelaide.